tunnel
Pronunciación: [ˈtʌnəl]
Palabra
Contexto: «transportation»
(noun) a long, underground passage that people or vehicles can travel through. It's like a big hole in the ground that connects one place to another, often used for cars or trains.
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The tunnel under the river allows cars to travel faster without stopping for the ferry.
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There is no tunnel connecting the two cities, so we must drive around the mountain.
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Have you ever driven through a tunnel?
Contexto: «construction»
(verb) to dig a passage through something, like dirt or rock. It's what workers do when they are making a passage underground, often for a train or road.
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The workers are tunneling through the mountain to build a new train line.
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They couldn't tunnel under the river because of the strong rock formation.
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What do workers need to consider when they tunnel underground?
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